Trump Team Weighs Courts-Martial For Officers Who Oversaw Afghanistan Withdrawal
Donald Trump’s transition team is making a list of senior military officers who oversaw the disastrous 2021 withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, and considering the possibility of court-martialing them for their failings, according to two sources cited by NBC News.
“They’re taking it very seriously,” said a source who claims to have knowledge of the initiative. The most notorious incident of the chaotic withdrawal was the Aug. 26, 2021 suicide bombing at Abbey Gate, just outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in the Afghan capital, Kabul. Thirteen US service members and more than 170 Afghan civilians were killed. In the following days, a US airstrike intended to kill the leader of the Islamic State instead killed 10 innocents. The rapid collapse of the US-sponsored Afghanistan government allowed enormous quantities of US weapons to fall into the hands of the Taliban.
China Will Pay Above Spot and is Buying Silver Concentrate Directly from Mexico, Peru and Bolivia.
By paying the above spot for Silver concentrate from Peru, Mexico, and Bolivia, they are also achieving another significant objective: US weapons and aerospace manufacturers now have to stand in line.
Reports emerging from China indicate that the country is importing silver concentrate directly from major producing nations like Peru, Bolivia, and Mexico.
This development has significant implications for the silver market, particularly as it suggests a shift away from traditional trading platforms such as COMEX.
Oklahoma Brings Bible Back To Classrooms In Major Win For Conservatives
Oklahoma conservatives have scored a significant victory as state Superintendent Ryan Walters announced the return of the Bible to classrooms across the state. Walters’ initiative, starting with Advanced Placement government classes, reflects a growing pushback against the leftist agenda that has dominated American education.
In a video posted on X, Walters shared the news of purchasing over 500 Bibles, declaring, “The Bible is back in Oklahoma’s classrooms. We are getting our kids back on track.” He also expressed his intent to expand the program further, aiming to place a Bible in every classroom in the state.
Pentagon fails 7th audit in a row but says progress made
The Pentagon on Friday failed its seventh audit in a row, with the nation’s largest government agency still unable to fully account for its more than $824 billion budget, though officials stress they are making good progress toward a clean audit in 2028.
The Department of Defense technically earned a disclaimer of opinion, meaning it failed to provide sufficient information to auditors to form an accurate opinion.
“I keep telling you this will be a credit/currency crisis. What part of this math is misunderstood?”
US Deficit Explodes: Blowout October Deficit Means 2nd Worst Start To US Fiscal Year On Record
It is only fitting that the twilight days of the Biden admin would exhibit more of the same fakeness that defined not only all of the past four years, but certainly the fakeness of that Kamala Harris presidential campaign which had a billion dollars a month ago and ended up in failure, broke and in debt. We are talking, of course, about the relentless debt-funded spree that somehow became synonymous with economic success in the US.
Gold Backed or Bust: Judy Shelton’s Plan to Tame the Fed and Restore the Dollar
Judy Shelton has spent her career advocating for sound money. Her latest book, Good as Gold: How to Unleash the Power of Sound Money, makes an up-to-date case for reinstituting a gold standard. Her intriguing conclusion is that the dollar can be reconnected to gold by simply issuing federal treasury bonds with gold-redeemability clauses. The book also addresses recent events and important current debates about monetary systems like whether central bankers should have wide policy discretion, whether fixed or floating exchange rates are better for economic growth, and what happens when countries manipulate their currency to boost exports.
“Paul Tudor Jones is correct, the author in my opinion is smoking some really good HOPIUM! The logic here is this; it cannot happen now because it has never happened before…? And, because the US issues the world’s reserve currency, it can never run out of money. This is absolutely correct, but what the author is missing here is; we can never run out of money, however, that money may be worthless. Treasuries are (were) thought of as risk free from default. The reality is, GOLD/SILVER are the only monies risk free of default. Please read this article with this in mind, the author has everything backwards and forgets that fiat currency on a global basis is a rather new experience that has never been tried worldwide before.”
Paul Tudor Jones: I Won’t Own Fixed Income
Paul Tudor Jones recently voiced concerns that rising U.S. deficits and debt and increasing interest rates could lead to a fiscal crisis. His perspective reflects the long-standing fear that sustained borrowing will trigger inflation, raise interest rates, and eventually overwhelm the government’s ability to manage its debt obligations. In short, his thesis is that interest rates will rise as the Government goes broke. However, a closer look at historical precedent and current fiscal dynamics suggests these concerns are overstated. Contrary to Jones’ warnings, the U.S. economy has structural strengths that make an imminent fiscal collapse unlikely.
“One of James Howard Kunstler’s Best! He was a Democrat back in the day, apparently chemtrails and whatever they put in the water has not infected him…”
The Great ‘Splainin’ Cometh
“Many Democrats were considering how to navigate a dark future, with the party unable to stop Mr. Trump from carrying out a right-wing transformation of American government. Others turned inward, searching for why the nation rejected them. They spoke about misinformation and the struggle to communicate the party’s vision in a diminished news environment inundated with right-wing propaganda” — The New York Times
In July 27, 1794, the non-insane members of the Convention, or national legislative body in Paris, suddenly turned on the rabid Jacobin leader Maximillian Robespierre and overthrew his ruling tyrannical bunch — who had killed 40,000 of their fellow countrymen in the paranoid orgy known as The Reign of Terror. The next day, Robespierre rode the tumbrel to his own appointment with “the national razor” and the Thermidorian Reaction was on!
Equity overload: Federal department keeps 294 DEI staffers on payroll, most with six-figure salaries
The Health and Human Services Department employs 294 people whose jobs focus on diversity, and the department maintains seven “minority health” offices spread across its agencies, according to a report that suggests unwinding it all will be tough for the incoming Trump administration.
The majority of those staffers, 182 workers, are paid six-figure salaries. The top diversity job earner, who works at the Food and Drug Administration, collected $221,000 in 2023, OpenTheBooks said in its report Tuesday.
The watchdog said spending on the diversity, equity and inclusion agenda “permeated” the department, appearing 829 times in its 2025 budget and totaling hundreds of millions of dollars in direct spending.
Panic In DC- National security attorney Mark Zaid tells CNN's John Berman he is advising some of his clients, who are targets of President-elect Trump, to leave the country around Inauguration Day in January. pic.twitter.com/DchTtQGK2g
Bitcoin Up $8k in a Day Means the Dollar Just Went Down-BTC’s Price Discovery Suspect and Derivatives Collateralized with Dubious Crypto Leveraged Up to 125 Times–No Way This ends Well
Bitcoin (BTC) is up over $8,000 in the last 24 hours. Let that sink in for a minute.
Maybe we should be thankful to see such monetary wonderment and opulence taking place during the historic times we are living through.
EXCLUSIVE: FEMA Official Ordered Relief Workers To Skip Houses With Trump Signs
A federal disaster relief official ordered workers to bypass the homes of Donald Trump’s supporters as they surveyed damage caused by Hurricane Milton in Florida, according to internal correspondence obtained by The Daily Wire and confirmed by multiple federal employees.
A FEMA supervisor told workers in a message to “avoid homes advertising Trump” as they canvassed Lake Placid, Florida to identify residents who could qualify for federal aid, internal messages viewed by The Daily Wire reveal. The supervisor, Marn’i Washington, relayed this message both verbally and in a group chat used by the relief team, multiple government employees told The Daily Wire.
America’s best-known desert, covered with solar panels: It’s the worst idea possible
One of America’s beautiful and ecologically sensitive landscapes called The Mojave Desert has recently been targeted as one of those places where solar energy projects can be implemented. Being a place of interest, environmentalists, researchers and scientists argue that covering the place with solar panels is not a good initiative nor a solution for clean energy production.
One of the “Last Great Places” in the globe is the Mojave Desert. Its 20 million acres offer people a variety of benefits, including clean water to drink, fresh air to breathe, energy to power our lives, and economic opportunities ranging from recreation to military training. Its scenic splendour and natural wonders also provide a home to a vast array of plants and animals.
AstraZeneca’s China Head Taken Into Custody by Chinese Authorities: Reports
AstraZeneca’s China President Leon Wang has been detained by Chinese authorities, according to several media reports.
It is unclear why Wang was arrested but the news comes just days after it was reported that the pharma’s country head was under investigation for alleged medical insurance fraud. In a previous statement to BioSpace, however, an AstraZeneca spokesperson insisted that “none of our current or former senior executives are being investigated for Medical Insurance Fraud.”
“As we have told you all long, “it’s all about credit”!”
Credit Market Collapse Has Started – The Bond Market Knows
While the Fed and other central bankers appear to be celebrating their rate policies and the debt-dependent economies they have created, there is something very different churning below the surface.
The most leveraged citizens and corporations are being intensely squeezed.
Food Banks Canada completed a survey of 4,600 people across Canada this past summer that shows 25% of respondents experienced monthly deprivation of two or more items important to maintaining a minimum standard of living (eg. paying bills, dental care, clothing, etc.).
“Vladimir Putin does not sound like a madman to me. In fact, he sounds like a lifelong martial artist at the 10th degree of wisdom. I have long said, China nor Russia wanted to “push” the US over the edge, rather, they would wait for us to go over it on our own volition…”
Escobar: Putin Outlines The ‘Moment Of Truth’
President Putin’s plenary session performance (address + Q&A) at the annual Valdai Club meeting in Sochi felt like a high-speed train on cruise control.
Totally cool, calm, comfortable, in full command of a Himalaya of facts, no political leader anywhere – recent past and present – would even come close to delivering what amounts to an extensive, detailed world view deeply matured over a quarter of a century at the highest geopolitical level.
Putin began his address referring to the October 1917 revolution, drawing a direct parallel with our turbulent times: “The moment of truth is coming”. In a clear tribute to Gramsci, he stated how a “completely new world order” is “being formed before our eyes.”
“Parenting done the right way. And you can bet your ass these kids are not just parroting responses, they understand exactly what they are saying and the meaning of what they are saying.”
“This is an excellent interview, Frank Guistra is a very smart guy. Around the 20-minute mark, he talks about mining shares, I urge you to watch the entire thing!”
Bill’s Commentary: “Good riddance and hoping for a special place in hell for you!”
FBI brass ‘stunned’ and ‘shell shocked’ over Trump reelection
The brass on the seventh floor at FBI headquarters in Washington are walking around in a daze and wary of a housecleaning since President-elect Donald Trump won his reelection on Tuesday, according to inside sources.
The Washington Times learned through several anonymous bureau sources that senior executives who run the agency were “stunned” and “shellshocked” by Mr. Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris.
“You know the fit test? How they let the standards slack on the fit test?” the first FBI source said, referring to the agency’s physical fitness requirements. “Everyone’s going to have a real problem when they’re running for the door.”
“220,000 illegal immigrants let in to the loving sanctuary of NYC. Now you won’t feed them? Any idea what 220,000 hungry (and angy) people will look like in a few days?”
NYC Mayor Ends Food Vouchers For Illegals, Ready To Work With Trump
Facing an influx of illegal immigrants, Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he’d be happy to share ideas on the crisis with President-elect Donald Trump.
At a post-election press conference, Adams said New York now hosts 220,000 illegal immigrants and has received negligible support from the federal government.
“I want to see the federal government fix a federal problem. This is a federal problem,” Adams said when asked what help he would like to see.
It is estimated that feeding and housing the illegal immigrants for three years will cost the city $10 billion.
“OK, so just a little more comedy? I have not been to Austin for nearly 5 years, THIS is why… the nation truly has a “healthcare” problem and he is part of the problem!”
“This is why you should send your kids to trade school…”
‘Devastated’: Classes at Harvard, Penn, Columbia, Swarthmore and others canceled over Trump win
‘I have already interacted with students who are hurting badly, who are scared … and who are unsure how to go on,’ one professor said.
Many professors canceled classes this week in the wake of Donald Trump’s re-election to the Oval Office, citing the emotional needs and trauma of students.
Some scholars from at least three Ivy League schools canceled classes: Harvard, University of Pennsylvania and Columbia.
Judge declares Biden immigration program for spouses of U.S. citizens illegal
A federal judge on Thursday struck down a Biden administration program that would allow unauthorized immigrants married to American citizens to get legal status and a streamlined path to U.S. citizenship, declaring the policy illegal.
U.S. District Court Judge J. Campbell Barker, an appointee of President-elect Donald Trump, found the program violates U.S. immigration law, agreeing with a lawsuit filed by Texas and more than a dozen other Republican-led states.
The ruling is a major defeat for the outgoing Biden administration, which argued the policy, known as Keeping Families Together, promoted family unity among mixed-status households. When it was announced earlier this year, officials said roughly half-a-million undocumented immigrants were likely eligible for the program.
“If this is the way she handles money… Also, I guess those entertainers and crowds cost a pretty penny?”
Senior Harris Advisor Deletes X Account As “Massive Scandal” Brews Over $20 Million In Campaign Debt
Former senior Obama advisor-turned-senior Kamala Harris advisor David Plouffe hasdeleted his X account after suggesting on Wednesday that Harris’ landslide defeat was Joe Biden’s fault for not dropping out soon enough, and right as a massive campaign debt scandal erupts.
“We dug out of a deep hole but not enough. A devastating loss,” Plouffe posted to X – in what many interpreted as a dig at Biden.
“All we need is a little bit of “precedent” and a decent portion of the big pharma industry will evaporate!”
Judge Denies AstraZeneca’s Motion to Dismiss in Vaccine Injury Case
A federal law that grants broad legal immunity to vaccine manufacturers does not protect AstraZeneca against a breach of contract claim brought by a woman who was injured by the company’s vaccine, a U.S. judge ruled on Nov. 4.
The Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act protects manufacturers of vaccines during times of emergency, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Brianne Dressen sued AstraZeneca for neglecting to, as promised in a contract, cover the costs of injuries she suffered after participating in the company’s clinical trial in 2020. The pharmaceutical company said it was immune from the lawsuit under the PREP Act.
“OK, so I’m having a little fun and getting a chuckle today. We will file this one under the category of “birth control”… which will lead to a crashing birth rate and deflationary spiral!”
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